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How the 6.0 was reached

1. Quality of output5/10

   One independent review gives a 7.4/10 average benchmark score across coding tasks; no other independent evidence was found. agent-finder.co

2. Ease of use6/10

   Docs site and VS Code/JetBrains extensions exist, but the homepage says Continue has joined Cursor, which clouds the path for new users. continue.dev

3. Pricing value8/10

   Free open source under Apache 2.0; you pay for your own LLM API calls, and Hub starts at $20/user/month. pricepertoken.com

4. API and integration quality6/10

   VS Code and JetBrains extensions and a CLI (cn) are documented; no separate API or wider integrations are listed. docs.continue.dev

5. Solves the problem it claims to solve5/10

   Agent, chat, edit and autocomplete modes are described by the vendor only; the project having joined Cursor adds uncertainty. docs.continue.dev

6.0/10 is the mean of the 5 criteria that apply. Scored on the five-criteria rubric v1, 29 September 2026. How scoring works

Pricing

Key Features

• Agent mode for development tasks
• Chat mode for clarifying code
• Edit mode without leaving the file
• Inline autocomplete
• Terminal CLI (cn)

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